What is intent? To a warrior intent is real and tangible, something to be honed, polished, protected and guarded, something to be brought to perfection by hard work and dedication. It is a core virtue of warriorhood, that which declares one’s purpose, one’s directions, one’s outlook on life; that which commands one’s undivided attention. Intent lies in the warrior’s heart, the power behind every action, the main thought that permeated a warrior’s thinking. A warrior uses intent every day, in everything undertaken, seeking impeccability, for a warrior is aware that to reach impeccability is the ultimate intent of intent. And yet a warrior is always intent upon living life to the fullest in the world, for the world is intent’s stage; nothing happens without the world’s participation. Intent and impeccability can only be honed by interacting in the world. Each day and in each encounter and experience, in every challenge and task, intent takes precedence. A warrior imbues everything with intent. That’s the warrior’s way. Intent!
A warrior uses energy sparingly, honing it, so that it is fully available for what matters. A warrior does not waste time nor energy. Each moment is important, used for the purpose of practicing the skills a warrior values most. Those of the heart: loving kindness and compassion. Those of the mind: intent and will. Those of the body: stillness and action. A warrior seeks always to utilize every moment, in joy and sadness alike, to learn something new about the self and the world. Like a warrior, use your energy wisely. In heart centered intent, let every moment count.
The shift has happened, the time of change; the next phase has begun. Are you in alignment, making changes of your own? Now is the time to attune to the subtitles of this new phase, to more firmly plant new ideas of your own, new possibilities, to passionately pursue new options, to give yourself permission to be new and different, to actually do what you have longed to do. There is no time like now. Seek your passion. Express yourself in a new way. Let your spirit do its thing. Do so with loving kindness, without harm, and with your inner intent firmly focused on what is right, following your path of heart, for all that matters too.
Sadly, but truthfully, human beings are a truly cancerous species, malignantly acting upon the planet. Actually, to be more precise, it’s the current state of the human ego, not the full human being, that carries the disease.
Oddly, the human ego is capable of a quality of consciousness that affords it freedom to choose action beyond the binding instructions of instinct and archetype, a remarkable freedom. The downside of having this ability is the obvious abuse of its power, which has led to the diseased condition the planet is now plagued with.
The Shamans of Ancient Mexico trace this ego malady to the predatory reality of the universe, where all life is sustained by feeding upon other life. From their cosmology, or seeing, what preys upon the human species is an inorganic species that actually feeds upon the energy released by human emotion.
In the case of us humans, this predatory species fixates our human awareness upon worries about survival and self-importance, thus generating waves of frenzied human emotion that serve as food for this inorganic entity. Thus, our human awareness is fixated at a narcissistic level that constantly seeks attention and validation, that constantly gets offended, and is predominantly motivated to act for essentially self-serving purposes. Human behavior, especially at this time, seems to fit this description perfectly.
The shamans suggest that this predatory entity succeeds in securing our obsessive worry by actually giving us its mind, a mental overlay that is obsessed with its next meal and threats to its survival. Thus, the impact of this entity’s mind on human awareness is to generate the obsessive internal dialogue that plagues human consciousness.
The plus side of this condition is what the shamans call our cubic centimeter of a chance to wake up and free ourselves from this parasitic relationship. Although we are prone to obsess, our ego does have the freedom to choose another option. This is our evolutionary birthright, the freedom to choose. Ironically, it is the encounter with the predator that sharpens consciousness and awakens it to this opportunity to evolve. The dark side of the force has its necessary role.
The key to freedom is to choose the option to turn to the heart over the obsessive mind. The heart is connected to the High SOUL, and hence the deepest truth. If one finds oneself in a condition of worry or strife and one shifts one’s attention to the heart center, one’s ego exits the energetic valence of narcissistic influence and opens to the purity of the heart.
The heart holds compassion for all beings, thus strife is cleansed of its preoccupation with self-interest and offense. Even if the other person clings to their narcissistic preoccupation, one is not personally offended. The heart might determine that strong boundaries are necessary, but it assigns no emotional energy to being offended.
The heart will tell us, and asks us to face, the truth. The heart refuses shame and blame. The heart insists we never put ourselves down nor judge ourselves harshly. The heart’s love is expressed in its full acceptance of all that we are and all that we’ve done. The heart guides us to right action, with love.
The heart also holds the awareness that the universe is a bundle of interconnected energy, that everything is part of the same whole. One sees, in the behavior of the other, a reflection of a part of one’s self, with which one needs to reckon with and accept.
Arriving at the heart center frees one of the narcissistic worldview and allows one to see clearly the true needs of the planet, and act accordingly. Thus, the path to the heart is the path to freedom from our current world crisis. All citizens who walk a path of heart are forging a sustainable solution for the planet.
We are currently challenged with a world leadership that incessantly draws us into a depressed mood, as it mirrors and amplifies the collective ego’s struggle with its narcissistic fixation. The resultant negative emotional wave weakens the ego and feeds the predator.
Seek refuge in the broadened perspective of the heart space. Have compassion for leadership’s struggle, but maintain ruthless insistence upon the truth of the heart.
Walk the path of love upon this Earth. Love is the one powerful emotion that can’t be touched by the predator. Love indeed conquers all.
